Deacon Okey Ogbodo
The Obeagu Ugwuaji Community in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State has called on the state Governor Dr. Peter Mbah, to call the Commissioner for Local Government, Rural Development and Chieftaincy Matters, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, to order to avoid possible break down of law and order in the area.
The community recalled that Justice C. A. Ogbuabo, of the Enugu State High Court had on 2nd June, 2025, issued an injunction prohibiting the Commissioner of Local Government, Rural Development and Chieftaincy Affairs and it’s Commissioner Deacon Okey Ogbodo, among others from constituting a care taker committee of the Obeagu Ugwuaji Development Union pending the determination of the substantive application for Judicial Review which was ignored by the commissioner.
The president general of Obeagu Ugwuaji Development Union Mr. Obi Chukwunomso Freedom, among others had filled an application for a judicial review in suit NO: E/508/2025, and was granted.
The order reads that “2nd respondent ie Deacon Okey Ogbodo, is hereby prohibited from constituting a caretaker committee of the Obeagu Ugwuaji Development Union, pending the determination of the substantive application for Judicial Review.”
The president general alleged that Commissioner Deacon Okey Ogbodo, upon receiving the court order backdated the appointment letters of the purported caretaker executive to give it legitimacy.
However, Commissioner Ogbodo said the action had taken place before the receipt of the injunction.
